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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-25-000498
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250220

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ECOPETROL S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001444406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34175
		FILM NUMBER:		25647522

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		STREET 1:		CARRERA 7 NO 37-69
		CITY:			BOGOTA
		STATE:			F8
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5712345000

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		STREET 1:		CARRERA 7 NO 37-69
		CITY:			BOGOTA
		STATE:			F8
		ZIP:			00000
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">FORM 6-K</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P>

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   <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">COLOMBIA</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>

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   <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Carrera 13 No. 36 &#8211; 24</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>

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   <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>

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   <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid" colSpan=2 noWrap><FONT><FONT color=black face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">/s/ Alfonso Camilo Barco</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0pt 0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: times; font-size: 10pt">Date: February 20,
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ecopetrol Group replaced 104% of its production, doubling the
2023 incorporation of proven reserves.</B></P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt/115% Arial,sans-serif; width: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top"><TD STYLE="width: 17.85pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 17.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><B>The
incorporation of proven reserves for the Ecopetrol Group was 260 MBOE<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>, 2.2 times compared
to 2023</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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reserves amounted to 1,893 MBOE. The 2024 total production was replaced with an additional 4%.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 17.85pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 17.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"><B>89% of the reserves were originated from fields in Colombia
and the remaining 11% in the United States.</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL, NYSE: EC) announced today its proven
reserves of oil, condensates, and natural gas (1P reserves), which includes the results of Ecopetrol S.A., its subsidiaries and affiliates,
as of December 31, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">99.2% of the reserves were estimated and certified based on the
standards and methodology of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by three recognized, specialized, and independent firms (<I>Ryder
Scott Company, DeGolyer and MacNaughton, and Gaffney, Cline &amp; Associates</I>), and the remaining 0.8%, were certified by Ecopetrol's
Resources and Reserves Management. The 2024 reserves were valued based on the Brent reference price of USD 79.7/bbl compared to USD 82.8/bbl
used in 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">By the end of 2024, the Ecopetrol Group's net proven reserves amounted
1,893 MBOE (+10 MBOE versus 2023). The reserve replacement ratio was 104%<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>2</SUP></FONT>, and the
average reserve life was 7.6 years (7.8 years for liquids and 6.7 years for gas).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In 2024, the Ecopetrol Group incorporated 260 MBOE of proven reserves,
the highest in the last three years, of which 244.3 MBOE were crude oil and 15.3 MBOE gas, for a total accumulated production for the
year of 250 MBOE<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>3</SUP></FONT>, the highest in the last nine years. Of the total balance of proven
reserves, 80% are liquids reserves and 20% are gas reserves.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Organically, 231 MBOE<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>4</SUP></FONT>
were incorporated through the timely maturation of new projects and the execution and implementation of primary development and enhanced
recovery expansion projects in fields like Ca&ntilde;o Sur, Rubiales, Castilla, Chichimene, Akacias, Pauto-Flore&ntilde;a, La Cira-Infantas,
Apiay-Suria, Palogrande, among others.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><SUP>1</SUP> Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><SUP>2</SUP> For Colombian operations the RRR was 109%.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><SUP>3</SUP> Production corresponding to the stake of the Ecopetrol Group, including
internal gas consumption for operation, gas royalties in Colombia, excluding crude oil royalties and international gas royalties.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>4</SUP></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Includes
changes in revisions, enhanced recovery, and extensions and discoveries.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Inorganically, net of acquisitions and divestments, 29 MBOE were
incorporated by the Ecopetrol Group in 2024, including the successful acquisition of the 45% stake from Repsol Colombia Oil &amp; Gas
in the CPO-09 block, located in the Meta department, consolidating 100% ownership of this strategic asset in the Piedemonte Llanero, by
adding 32 MBOE.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The increase in reserves achieved in 2024 is one of the pillars
of the Ecopetrol Group's strategy to ensure its long-term sustainability.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ecopetrol Group Proven Reserves 2024</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent &ndash; MBOE)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">2,011</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">9</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">63</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">97</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">93</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">81</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">49.2</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">57</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">-6</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">-250</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">-247</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">-240</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"><B>1,893</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-left: 3.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"><B>1,883</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/105% Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On the gas front, the net incorporation of 15 MBOE stands
out, due to: i) projects related with new development wells and infrastructure optimization with pressure reduction in the Piedemonte
Llanero in the Pauto and Flore&ntilde;a fields, ii) execution plan of activities in Permian, and iii) commerciality of Arrecife, which
partially offset the impacts of water intrusion in the Cupiagua, Cusiana, Guajira, and Gibraltar fields.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/105% Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: windowtext">Ecopetrol Permian LLC incorporated
22 MBOE</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black"><SUP>5</SUP></FONT> <FONT STYLE="color: windowtext">mainly
as a result of optimizations made in drilling campaigns in the Midland and Delaware sub-basins in Texas, United States. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>5</SUP></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Organic
incorporation 29 MBOE, economic factors -4 MBOE, acquisitions and divestments -3 MBOE.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Bogota D.C., February 20, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the
main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 19,000 employees. In Colombia, it is responsible for more
than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it holds leading positions
in the petrochemicals and gas distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA&rsquo;s shares, the company participates in
energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the international
level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in the United States
(Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions
in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications sector.</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>This release contains statements that may be considered forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements, whether made in this release or in future filings or press releases, or orally,
address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect of the Company&rsquo;s prospects for growth and its ongoing
access to capital to fund the Company&rsquo;s business plan, among others. Consequently, changes in the following factors, among others,
could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements: market prices of oil &amp; gas,
our exploration, and production activities, market conditions, applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the Company&rsquo;s competitiveness
and the performance of Colombia&rsquo;s economy and industry, to mention a few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update
these forward-looking statements.</I>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><B>For more information, please contact: </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><B><I>Head of Capital Markets</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><I>Carolina Tovar Arag&oacute;n</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><I>Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co&nbsp;</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><B><I>Head of Corporate Communications (Colombia)&nbsp;&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><I>Marcela Ulloa&nbsp;&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0"><I>Email: marcela.ulloa@ecopetrol.com.co&nbsp;</I></P>

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